Endnote 14 – Who Wrote Second Isaiah?

This line of conjecture raises another tantalizing possibility. What if Meshullam son of Zerubbabel is not the author but only the subject of Second Isaiah? In fact, “Isaiah” is a fairly rare name in the Bible, borne by approximately seven individuals. One of these is a member of the post-Exilic house of David and the nephew of our Meshullam (1 Chronicles 3:21). Is it conceivable that the misattribution of chapters 40–66 to Isaiah of Jerusalem was just an innocent mistake—for both were written by men named “Isaiah?”